Reigning pop princess Sabrina Carpenter has dropped a new single, “Manchild,” co-produced by everyone’s favorite (or least favorite) knob-twirler Jack Antonoff. The song arrives less than a year after the release of the singer’s sixth studio album, Short n’ Sweet, and hot on the heels of the deluxe edition of the album, released back in February.
“This one’s about you,” Carpenter wrote about “Manchild” in a social media post earlier week, prompting fans to speculate that the track is directed at former beau Barry Keoghan. Clocking in at three minutes and 33 seconds, “Manchild” is a bouncy, subtle country-inflected pop song filled cheeky one-liners like “Did you just say you’re finished/Didn’t know you started.”
A 7” vinyl pressing of “Manchild” is available for sale from the artist’s official store. As if “Manchild” weren’t pointed enough, the single’s B-side is titled “Inside of Your Head When You’ve Just Won an Argument with a Man.”
Watch the official music video for “Manchild” below:
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